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we've seen in one of the recent cases in afghanistan, there was a little girl, right, who had been tricked sort of to walk towards a building with a -- as a suicide bomber? she didn't even know she was a suicide bomber. >> right, and we've seen this where they will put children in cars and have them drive it up and children don't realize the cars are, you know, improvised explosive devices, going to explode and kill the children as well, but let's be clear. this is an organization with no more or less, no scruples, and so they are willing to murder their own children for the furtherance of the cause. when you look at the graphics that we've seen so far, they glorify jihad. they glorify war. they show these young children, teenagers with weapons, regrenade launchers, assisting other hurt children. what they don't show is the consequences of that activity. drone strikes, children being killed, children being abused and children being taken away from their families. this is meant to be a recru recruitment tool and that's exactly the way they do it, they glorify the war. >> in 20 seconds, the
we've seen in one of the recent cases in afghanistan, there was a little girl, right, who had been tricked sort of to walk towards a building with a -- as a suicide bomber? she didn't even know she was a suicide bomber. >> right, and we've seen this where they will put children in cars and have them drive it up and children don't realize the cars are, you know, improvised explosive devices, going to explode and kill the children as well, but let's be clear. this is an organization with no...
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they are afghanistan's first female pilots. they are getting their wings right here in the u.s. >> the passion and dreams of these four women easily cuts through their broken english. >> we're going to open the door for the ladies in afghanistan. it's a big day for us to open the doors for others, and the others that have dreams that think they cannot do it, we will show them. >> they are lieutenants. it's their dreams of piloting helicopters that could help change the future of women in their homeland. >> these women are path finders and trail blazers, and as much they are subject to the criticism and the an an tag naysam. >> we are women of afghanistan, and if you want to do something, you can do it. just believe yourself that you can do it. >> back home, these women are battling cultural shoefnism. >> we have examples, and maybe some think that it's not good that we are here. >> one of the english instructors say the future pilots want to redefine women in the afghan culture. >> they look at it as they are opening the door f
they are afghanistan's first female pilots. they are getting their wings right here in the u.s. >> the passion and dreams of these four women easily cuts through their broken english. >> we're going to open the door for the ladies in afghanistan. it's a big day for us to open the doors for others, and the others that have dreams that think they cannot do it, we will show them. >> they are lieutenants. it's their dreams of piloting helicopters that could help change the future...
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as much as $10 million every day, maybe smuggled out of afghanistan. how does that happen? well, when afghan government officials leech the country, no one is checking how much cash they are carrying with them. and the audit shows that afghan officials have no intention at all of scanning their cash through those electronic currency counters. the u.s. would be able to keep better oversight, but u.s. officials are not allowed access to the part of the airport where the vips go through and president hamid karzai has now banned u.s. treasury officials from working with the afghan central bank. amid all this, president obama and the obama administration are now asking for another $17 billion in cash to send to afghanistan reconstruction projects. even some democrats are wondering at this point if we're not just throwing good money after bad. we spoke with senator claire mccaskill who has been keeping an eye on iraq and afghanistan reconstruction projects for years. >> i know the troops are -- are doing everything they are being asked to do and in return, w
as much as $10 million every day, maybe smuggled out of afghanistan. how does that happen? well, when afghan government officials leech the country, no one is checking how much cash they are carrying with them. and the audit shows that afghan officials have no intention at all of scanning their cash through those electronic currency counters. the u.s. would be able to keep better oversight, but u.s. officials are not allowed access to the part of the airport where the vips go through and...
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. >> we are going to open the door for our laid niece afghanistan. it is a big deal for us to open the door. ladies that have dreams but can't do it. we want to show them. >> reporter: these laid reese lieutenants in the afghanistan military and have come to the united states to study english at the defense language institute in texas. it is their dreams of piloting helicopters that could help change the future of women in their homeland. >> these young ladies are path finders, trail blazers. and -- as such, they are subject to the criticism and antagonism of those that don't want to see the particular path. >> reporter: the soldiers say they are prepared for the scrutiny and are confident. >> the women of afghanistan, don't be afraid of anything. if you want to do something, you can do it. just believe in yourself you can do it. >> reporter: back home, these women are battling chauvanism. men that believe women have no place in the military. >> do you feel like you have the support of men in your country? >> we have some examples -- [ inaudible ] ma
. >> we are going to open the door for our laid niece afghanistan. it is a big deal for us to open the door. ladies that have dreams but can't do it. we want to show them. >> reporter: these laid reese lieutenants in the afghanistan military and have come to the united states to study english at the defense language institute in texas. it is their dreams of piloting helicopters that could help change the future of women in their homeland. >> these young ladies are path...
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once they are in afghanistan. also, according to an audit by herbert richardson, the acting special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, contractors are not prohibited from using unlicensed middle men to pay subcontractors. richardson wrote in a statement, the u.s. poured billions of aid dollars into a country plagued by corruption, insurgency and the narcotics trade and it is essential that we use all available tools to ensure that u.s. dollars are protected from fraud and diversion to the insurgency. he said at the start u.s. agencies need to tighten up safeguards, how they pay for services, in afghanistan. patti ann: meanwhile the u.s. government is concerned that it is not getting enough cooperation from the afghan government? >> reporter: yes, for example, richardson found that when the u.s. treasury department tracked what it believes is a financial crime in afghanistan, and alerts the afghan attorney general's office, that office, quote, has not cooperated fully in prosecuting individuals. and,
once they are in afghanistan. also, according to an audit by herbert richardson, the acting special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, contractors are not prohibited from using unlicensed middle men to pay subcontractors. richardson wrote in a statement, the u.s. poured billions of aid dollars into a country plagued by corruption, insurgency and the narcotics trade and it is essential that we use all available tools to ensure that u.s. dollars are protected from fraud and...
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a brand-new report on the war in afghanistan finds that billions of taxpayer collars sent over there may have ended up in the hands of terrorists. jennifer griffin has that live from the pentagon. jennifer. >> reporter: hi, jon. well there are a lot of examples of corruption that has already been reported on in the past, but one principle example that this report outlines is remember at the kabul international airport, afghan vip's were literally putting millions of dollars in suitcases and taking them out of kabul to banks in the gulf states in dubai. the u.s. trerb kraoe ride to help the hamid karzai government crackdown on that, what happened according to those reports is the vip's bypassed the airport taking their vehicles on to the tarmac of the airport and onto the planes and loading the bags. it got so dangerous, there were so many vehicles on the tarmac that they scrapped the plans to looking into vip's bags. there are millions of dollars flowing out of the country through cab bull international airport, jon. jon: there is evidence that the aid money from the united states is
a brand-new report on the war in afghanistan finds that billions of taxpayer collars sent over there may have ended up in the hands of terrorists. jennifer griffin has that live from the pentagon. jennifer. >> reporter: hi, jon. well there are a lot of examples of corruption that has already been reported on in the past, but one principle example that this report outlines is remember at the kabul international airport, afghan vip's were literally putting millions of dollars in suitcases...
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have sleeved the award for actions in -- recipients have received the award for actions in iraq and afghanistan. >>> a human rights group is reporting indense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after a -- intense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after this shooting was caught on a cell phone camera. syrian forces are conducting raids and arresting anti- government demonstrators right now. the protesters want the president there to step down. >>> bill gates is hoping to revolutionize the third world and prepare vent disease by reinventing the toilet. the bill and linda gates foundation is distributing more than $40 million in grants to universities to help engineer a more efficient toilet. that could help 40% of the world's population who don't have flush toilets. that means deadly diseases can easily spread. some ideas include solar power, ones that convert waste into electricity and those that sanitize human waste. >>> some doctors say s.i.d.s. may no longer be vell vent. numbers show 2,000 babies die every year. but some experts say they may be -- they may have been suffocateed. a campaign
have sleeved the award for actions in -- recipients have received the award for actions in iraq and afghanistan. >>> a human rights group is reporting indense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after a -- intense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after this shooting was caught on a cell phone camera. syrian forces are conducting raids and arresting anti- government demonstrators right now. the protesters want the president there to step down. >>> bill gates is hoping to...